EMEA Facilities Manager

Job Description

Position title: EMEA Facilities Manager
Location: London
Reports to: Director Real Estate
Contract type: Permanent, full-time

About the role

We are looking for a Regional Workplace & Facilities Leader to join our Corporate Workplace & Facilities team to oversee multiple office sites in our EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region and help us to shape the future direction of our working environments. This is an exciting time to join the team and be at the heart of delivering the company’s aspirations to become one of the best hybrid organisations. This role reports to the Head of Facilities and will be based in our London office.

The Workplace & Facilities team provides services to improve workplace productivity and enhance employee experiences. We manage daily operations consisting of workplace health & safety, security, environmental & sustainability, and building maintenance. Our team has a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, streamlined processes, and cost effectiveness with an openness of continued innovation.

You have a passion for customer service, operational effectiveness, and can manage a multi-cultural and remote team to develop a consistent Workplace experience, oversee day-to-day workplace operations, facilities infrastructure in a fast-paced environment, and can build a collaborative team environment.

The role will be based in London however there will be a requirement to travel to various offices located across the UK and EU.

In this role you can expect to

• Manage daily workplace operations of approximately 19,000 square meters of office space with a team of up to 5 direct reports and may have indirect report governance
• Manage annual operating and capital budgets in conjunction of following proper purchase to pay standards and policies with invoicing and purchase orders
• Maintain and facilitates effective communication of teams’ work schedules, priorities, and handles facility issues in a timely and efficient manner
• Manage the company car fleet for all businesses in the UK to optimize the fleet costs according to the Newell Brands company car policy in close collaboration with Indirect Procurement team
• Responsible to audit and assist with streamlining the EMEA Fleet management in line with the Newell Brands company car policy and company lease agreements
• Manage and develop direct reports in areas of assigned scope of services, career development and growth
• Provides substantial engagement with local stakeholders for updates, presentations, and addressing business needs
• Continually available as a resource for escalation and advanced issues
• Supports Facilities team standards, performance metrics, and workflow process to enhance internal customer satisfaction, meet financial objectives, and continual process improvement
• Team oriented to collaborate with Global Facilities & Workplace team on implementing centralized program and processes
• Proactively identify needed repairs, maintenance, or updates required in the facility
• Manage vendor contracts and performance to ensure high quality of work, pricing, and scope of services fulfilment
• Develop short and long term tactical plans of office space activities based on strategic plans
• Must possess excellent customer service and diplomacy skills
• Assist the Real Estate and PMO teams on right sizing, decommissioning, moves, or renovation projects
• Travel will be required approximately 25%

QUALIFICATIONS

· Qualified to Degree level in a related field (not compulsory)

· Affiliated with external networks such as Corenet, BCO, WCO or relevant professional body.

· 5 – 7+ years of work experience in a Facilities, Workplace, or Office Services capacity

· Fluent English. French as a second language is not required but preferred

· Practical hands-on experience of workplace change management, engagement and communications

· Softer skills relating to gaining business buy-in/stakeholder management, relationship building, communication strategy and development, confident to lead client conversations, sell the workplace proposition (flexible working) and deal with resistance around the change

· Highly organized with the ability to set priorities based on agile practices

· Experience managing third party vendors

· Experience managing a P&L budget

· Experience supervising direct reports

· Working knowledge of computer software programs (CMMS, CAFM)

· Computer proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

· Ability to routinely work a flexible schedule, including but not limited to on call after hours support, critical issue response and/or weekend projects

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